EP2406750A4 - Adjoint-based conditioning of process-based geologic models - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP2406750A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: adjoint; conditioning; geologic models; models; geologic
Prior art date: 2009-03-11
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Kaveh Ghayour

Tao Sun

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